studium Latin · revision 3731

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *(s)tewd-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈstʊ.di.ũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈstuː.di.um]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''studium''' ''n'' (genitive studiī or studī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|studeo|-ium|alt1=studeō|t1=to be eager]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The verb is [[inh|itc-pro|*stud-ē-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*stud-eh₁-]], a stative to *(s)tud- “to thrust”, hence “to be pushing, strive after”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus onwards,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who speaks of people who mind other people's business “with the greatest zeal”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant zeal or eager application, and with a genitive enthusiasm for something, as Cicero's passion for ball games.^(OLD 2012) It meant the object of one's interest, an activity or pastime, as Terence's young men who set their minds on some pursuit, and devotion or goodwill towards a person or party.^(OLD 2012)

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+ From this it meant partisan feeling, and intellectual and especially literary work, study.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) In Medieval Latin it was a school or university.^(Wiktionary) English ''study'' came from it through Old French about 1300.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of zeal.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of a pursuit.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of goodwill and of study.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''study'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|Zeal]], eagerness, application.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Enthusiasm (for something); desire.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An aim, concern.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A pursuit, pastime, hobby.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Devotion, goodwill, support.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Partisanship.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|Study]], learning.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A school, [[m|en|university]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[studiolum]]

+ * [[studiōsus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[studeo]]

+ * [[en|study]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein describes ''studium'' as the attachment of an inferior to a superior, as of a soldier to his general or a pupil to his teacher.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}